#987EB3#987EB3

#987EB3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.083 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EB3
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 179)
HSL	hsl(269, 26%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 20.48, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 31.74, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0494 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.083 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5449, 24.8519, 45.9322)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EB3 #99B37E

analogous

#7E7EB3 #987EB3 #B37EB3

triadic

#987EB3 #B3987E #7EB398

tetradic

#987EB3 #B37E7E #99B37E #7EB3B3

square

#987EB3 #B37E7E #99B37E #7EB3B3

split-complementary

#987EB3 #B3B37E #7EB37E

monochromatic

#5B4473 #795A99 #987EB3 #B7A5CA #D5CBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#987EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#987EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EB3

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EB3	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7488B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.083 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7a3ca',
    500: '#987eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987eb3;
$custom-light: #b7a3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 25.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63672,
    "c": 0.08284,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EB3

secondary

#C7D1BC

accent

#C26695

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F6F4F8

border

#D0CED1

text

#110F13

muted

#807F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EB3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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